Busy busy weekend. Up in Essex to see the folks, so a boozy foody Saturday. Then Dom drove over on Sunday, and we piled into the doco Polo and hied us to Harlow.
Our next documentary project is on 90s dance music and the rave scene, and Dom’s been busy snagging interviews. Sunday’s mission is to chat with Matt from SL2, at his pad just off the A414. We roll up at about 3, and chat affably while we try to squeeze lights and 4 (!?) cameras into his tiny home studio. Matt and Dom squash into a corner and start chatting while I roll tape. It’s good. Ground gets covered from reminiscances of the old scenes through to musing on the role of technology in dance music (fairly important) and thoughts for the future. Matt plays us some old videos, the original track that the famous “On A Ragga Tip” sample was based on, and a new track with a killer twist to it. We fill an hour tape on each camera, using the last of the HDV footage on in-car babbling on the way back to Romford. I’m excited to see it.
On the way home Clive calls, to tell me that the long cut of “Snatching Time” is finally done and ready to grade. I’m busting to see what he’s come up with. I’ll post a link once we have the finished product.